How to make a node.js application run permanently

1. Open putty
2. Login to ssh with username and password
3. Go to the folder where node file exist.
4. Execute following command

nohup node server.js &


then execute following command

rm nohup.out



5. Now you can close the putty

Question: How to check nodeJS running?

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Just look for "node", If its shown means running.



Question: How to stop/kill the node?
Get the "process id" from terminal and kill the same.

kill PROCESS_ID

OR

killall node

How to search the process using command?

ps -fC node